Now No Doubt‘s video for “Looking Hot” is looking… not. The clip featured Gwen Stefani gussied up in Tiger Lilly-like apparel, harkening back to the Wild Wild West — specifically, films about the Old West that didn’t exactly portray Native Americans in a favorable light. After receiving a multitude of complaints from the Native American community, No Doubt actually had some doubt, and the ska quartet has pulled the video from YouTube. Hear what they said about the decision after the jump.
Via their website:
“As a multi-racial band our foundation is built upon both diversity and consideration for other cultures. Our intention with our new video was never to offend, hurt or trivialize Native American people, their culture or their history. Although we consulted with Native American friends and Native American studies experts at the University of California, we realize now that we have offended people.
“This is of great concern to us and we are removing the video immediately. The music that inspired us when we started the band, and the community of friends, family, and fans that surrounds us was built upon respect, unity and inclusiveness. We sincerely apologize to the Native American community and anyone else offended by this video. Being hurtful to anyone is simply not who we are.”
No word yet on whether the band will shoot another video as a companion to “Looking Hot,” or if this one is just lost forever.
Do you think “Looking Hot” was looking offensive? Did No Doubt make the right call to pull the vid?
Not even … I can see why people (especially native americans) would complain, but there’s been so many movies about this (cowboys and indians) … doesn’t seem fair. the video was done beautifully (in my opinion)
This video was flawless
As somebody who actually is Native American (and not like one of those white people who have an ancestor WAY BACK THERE and just decided to live in the desert and smoke peyote all the time), I found the video to be beautiful.
They obviously found inspiration in Native American culture and decided to incorporate it into their video. The outfits looked FLAWLESS.
what should be yanked are all those navajo-print everyone seems to think is the trend these days.
it’s nonsense that they had to pull this video.
No Doubt did not in any way portray Native Americans negatively. Maybe they haven’t been smoking enough peace pipe lately.
It was a really fun video, what a shame some of them threw a stink about it. There will always be someone offended by anything you do anywhere. F*ck Em!
I think it’s paradoxal. No Doubt is one of the few huge multi ethnic rock band in the scene (Gwen’s roots are Italian while Tony’s ones are Indian) and always foought against racism. And now they are labeled as racist just because they mentioned Native Americans captivity? Fine then. But now is the turn of Zorro to be pulled away from YouTube! Speechless.
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